Byte-Size Flash Mx Adventures in Optimization

Have you ever poured all your creativity into a Flash movie, but found your friends grumbling at the download size? Have you tried to use just one tiny picture in your movie, and seen the file size go through the roof? Is it possible to do anything remotely effective in a small file?More than you could possibly imagine! This collection shows you just exactly what can be done with tiny Flash files, using some of the hottest Flash designers around. These authors pull designs out of the top drawer and show you exactly how you can go about creating great SWFs with the smallest amount of download pain.You've dabbled a little with Flash, but are beginning to wonder why people are getting tetchy at the download time. You're willing to start learning some ActionScript tricks to fight the file flab, and you're not afraid to become addicted to optimization!We will look at:creating incredible generative designs so small you can use them for wallpaperproducing 3D animations that roll in at under 5k in sizecreating sound toys in the smallest possible file spacede-mystifying the use of JPEGs and photographs while keeping your Flash movies smallstrategic use of back-end technology to keep your delivery times down to nanoseconds!changing the boundaries to look at new ways of delivering entire sites!Table of Contents1 Generative Animation2 JPEG Delivery3 Drawing Application4 Math-based animation and Recordable Drawings5 Sound Toys6 Interactive 3D Animation: City Blossom7 Developing 3D Animation8 JavaScript & Flash9 Site Structuring with XMLGarand, Genevive is the author of 'Byte-Size Flash Mx Adventures in Optimization' with ISBN 9781590592113 and ISBN 1590592115.